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Record prize money on offer for British Open winner (Reuters)

The main scoreboard showing the result of the 2014 British Open Golf Championship won by Rory McIlro …

The main scoreboard showing the result of the 2014 British Open Golf Championship won by Rory McIlro …

LONDON (Reuters) - This year's British Open winner will collect a record 1.15 million pounds in prize money, organizers said on Wednesday.

The purse is 175,000 pounds up on last year's tournament, won by Rory McIlroy, with the overall prize fund rising to 6.3 million pounds, up 900,000 on 2014.